Okay, so the previous post is not a masterpiece. Hopefully, I'll hone my writing skills and thus be able to deliver chef d'oeuvres that any alleged writer should yearn for. All this is to say, please excuse my scattered mind, for it is not booted up yet. If one craves more details than I give here, let him be assured that they shall unfold.
Humbly, etc.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Just some thoughts
Originally I had intended to preface my blogging with a background of how I came to be where I am, but since it's now two weeks that I've been here, and I have limited time, I think I'll just jump in! The truth is, I began this thing two weeks ago, only for it to lay dormant. Still, as I've been learning here, It's never too late! Thus I begin.
Today is actually a landmark day, for I have finished my first official week of classes!!! What an education this is, too. I'm used to the amount of work, but we deal with such intense subject matter that, admittedly, I sometimes feel despair (hilariously, all during orientation week we were told that this is normal for a G-(abbreviated for safety purposes. Love you, mum!) student. For certain, I've never tackled Aristotle's "Categories", Luther's "Freedom of a Christian", Calvin's "Institutes" regarding predestination, the classical Greek alphabet, Euclidean geometry, and the question, What is art? all in the same week. Jealous? Actually, I find it supremely cool. And helpful.
The academics of G- are inseperably intertwined with the community of the place. Living in the House is probably one of the greatest experiences I've had these eighteen years. I think that it was 'home' the day I arrived. For clarity, the House is the actual college, which is a former sorority building. The second floor houses men and women's dorms, so it's almost like being homeschooled! Indeed, the object here is to build a family among the other members of the school, so it's not unlike homeschooling at all. What a far cry from the nearby mammoth university! Today I walked to the campus post office, and it was strange to me, after living here, to have about a hundred people walk past me without making eye contact. It was so amusing to watch people affix their gaze on any point within the surrounding five mile radius except my face. And of app. two pairs of eyeballs that I met with, one belonged to a fellow housemate!
Anyways, that was just a little note to apprise you all of what's going on, and hopefull I'll maintain a steady-ish chronicle. Until the next, readers!
Today is actually a landmark day, for I have finished my first official week of classes!!! What an education this is, too. I'm used to the amount of work, but we deal with such intense subject matter that, admittedly, I sometimes feel despair (hilariously, all during orientation week we were told that this is normal for a G-(abbreviated for safety purposes. Love you, mum!) student. For certain, I've never tackled Aristotle's "Categories", Luther's "Freedom of a Christian", Calvin's "Institutes" regarding predestination, the classical Greek alphabet, Euclidean geometry, and the question, What is art? all in the same week. Jealous? Actually, I find it supremely cool. And helpful.
The academics of G- are inseperably intertwined with the community of the place. Living in the House is probably one of the greatest experiences I've had these eighteen years. I think that it was 'home' the day I arrived. For clarity, the House is the actual college, which is a former sorority building. The second floor houses men and women's dorms, so it's almost like being homeschooled! Indeed, the object here is to build a family among the other members of the school, so it's not unlike homeschooling at all. What a far cry from the nearby mammoth university! Today I walked to the campus post office, and it was strange to me, after living here, to have about a hundred people walk past me without making eye contact. It was so amusing to watch people affix their gaze on any point within the surrounding five mile radius except my face. And of app. two pairs of eyeballs that I met with, one belonged to a fellow housemate!
Anyways, that was just a little note to apprise you all of what's going on, and hopefull I'll maintain a steady-ish chronicle. Until the next, readers!
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